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Quotes About Achievement

I still audition a lot and work really hard to get work. So I don't really walk around feeling like I've made it. My short term goals are really just to be creatively stimulated and to be excited about material I might be working on.
~ Olivia Thirlby
I would like, in the long term, to be recognized as a writer-director-actor.
~ Corey Feldman
Nixon's full term was one of the most successful in U.S. history, which is why he was re-elected by the largest plurality in the country's history.
~ Conrad Black
I have never considered myself a prodigy. Others have used that term, but I never bought in to it.
~ Joshua Waitzkin
Money and salary is not a particularly good motivator in the long term.
~ Matt Mullenweg
The term 'overachiever' sort of makes it look like the person has mediocre talent and he just works so hard that he achieves beyond what you would think. 'Overachiever' is sort of a - it's sort of an incorrect term. An overachiever is someone that's just willing to pay the price to get so much more out of his performance.
~ Rick Pitino
Each day, you can awake and focus on small, easy goals you can accomplish in the short term - goals that, over time, will lead you to your long-term goal.
~ Karen Salmansohn
A lot of times in my career, I've been the end point, the termination point of a lot of plays, just scoring the ball.
~ Brook Lopez
Success is to bring into existence, in adult terms, your childhood dreams.
~ Harlan Ellison
I always wanted to operate at the highest altitude, just in terms of hip-hop and the music.
~ Nipsey Hussle
I think for anybody, regardless of what industry you work in, when you get a new job, and it's progressive in terms of your career, that is one of the best feelings in the world.
~ Will Poulter
It was always disappointing to see that what I could really master in terms of form boiled down to so little.
~ Alberto Giacometti
'Love/Hate' was a milestone in terms of working on something at home that felt very special.
~ Brian Gleeson
We owe a lot when it comes to women in terms of innovation, in terms of education, in terms of progression in life.
~ Aldis Hodge
If there was any one achievement, it would be that we've have done it on our own terms.
~ Alex Lifeson
In inner-city, low-income communities of color, there's such a high correlation in terms of educational quality and success.
~ Bill Gates
All I've ever ended up with in terms of achievements is the movie, some really stupid anecdotes, a bunch of crosswords that I didn't finish and maybe some old bicycle that I found lying around on set.
~ Christian Bale
I think everyone needs to feel they've created something that was their own, on their own terms.
~ John F. Kennedy Jr.
All I know is that if we play well, we control our own destiny in terms of what we do.
~ Nick Saban
It's very confusing when fame comes early on in your career. You get a little bit bent out of shape in terms of what's important. Fame is like the dessert that comes with your achievements - it's not an achievement in itself, but sometimes it can overpower the work.
~ Adam Clayton
I have climbed every step of the football ladder, from kicking a ball about in Munich's Olympic Park to becoming a junior at Bayern, signing professional terms, establishing myself in the first team and taking the captain's armband.
~ Philipp Lahm
Fitness is something that you can aspire for in terms of levels of achievements.
~ Milind Soman
I do know some of the world's richest people. In monetary terms, they all performed very well. In terms of a fulfilling life, I am less sure.
~ Marc Faber
I was determined if I was going to become a superstar it would be on my terms. I've had that ethic since the beginning.
~ Roy Harper